# 使用 Homebrew, MacPorts 安装 idnits

查看 idnits 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:idnits
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install idnits
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install idnits
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/idnits/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:idnits
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 3.1.0
- **来源摘要:** Looks for problems in internet draft formatting
- **主页:** <https://author-tools.ietf.org/idnits3/>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-05T18:49:57+09:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- idnits (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 3.1.0
## 项目历史与用法

idnits is an IETF Internet-Draft validation tool, shipped as both a CLI and a library in the idnits3 line. It checks draft documents for formatting and policy-related nits before submission or publication workflows.

### 项目历史

The IETF author resources describe document validation as an important step for Internet-Drafts and list idnits as the tool that validates plaintext I-Ds. The Author Tools web service also runs idnits behind the scenes alongside xml2rfc, kramdown-rfc, id2xml, and related tools.

The GitHub repository history is explicit about the transition: the project began as a snapshot mirror of idnits 2.17 from the older tools.ietf.org site, with idnits2 preserved on a v2 branch and idnits3 developed as a JavaScript-based CLI/library.

### 采用历史

idnits is adopted because IETF authors, working-group chairs, reviewers, and automated build systems need early feedback on draft boilerplate, formatting, references, and submission expectations. The Datatracker submission instructions recommend checking an Internet-Draft with idnits before submission.

The Node-based idnits3 packaging makes the tool easier to install in web services, CI jobs, and author workflows compared with the older shell-based generation.

### 使用方式

The idnits3 README documents installation through npm, npx use without installation, CLI modes such as normal and submission, output formats including pretty, simple, json, and count, and a library API based around checkNits().

Authors use idnits directly on RFCXML or plaintext drafts, or indirectly through the Author Tools service. Toolsmiths can use its library form to integrate draft checks into editors and publishing pipelines.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

idnits is package-nerd interesting because it encodes institutional publishing rules as a command-line tool. Its output can gate CI and submission preparation, so a package update can change what draft authors see as errors or warnings.

It also marks the IETF tooling migration from older tools.ietf.org-hosted scripts into maintained GitHub and npm-distributed components under the ietf-tools organization.

### 时间线

- 2.17: The GitHub repository began from a snapshot mirror of older tools.ietf.org idnits 2.17.
- 2022-07-01: An idnits issue discussed boilerplate-string transition handling after a prior code change.
- 2026-06-26: GitHub listed idnits 3.1.0 as a release.
- v3 branch: The README describes idnits3 as a JavaScript-based CLI/library and points older shell-based users to the v2 branch.

### Related projects

- idnits is used alongside xml2rfc, rfclint, kramdown-rfc, id2xml, Datatracker, and the Author Tools web service. These tools form the practical pipeline for writing, validating, converting, and submitting Internet-Drafts.
- DraftForge and other IETF authoring environments can surface idnits checks as part of an editor or web workflow.

### 来源

- <https://authors.ietf.org/author-tools-web-service>
- <https://authors.ietf.org/document-validation>
- <https://github.com/ietf-tools/idnits>
- <https://github.com/ietf-tools/idnits/releases/tag/3.1.0>
- <https://github.com/ietf-tools/idnits/tree/v2>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ietf-tools/idnits/v3/README.md>


## 安全说明

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- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
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## 其他软件包管理器记录

- MacPorts - idnits: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/idnits/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/idnits.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/idnits.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph